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Jones & Keefe: Are the Celtics primed to go back-to-back?
WEEI-FM / WEEI
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10/2/2024
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00:00
Here's the real story to me.
00:02
The Celtics should still win the East going away.
00:04
Like I think the Knicks got a little worse.
00:06
I don't believe in Philly.
00:08
I don't believe in Milwaukee.
00:10
Yeah, Cleveland's an interesting team.
00:11
Indy was was competitive last year.
00:14
They should still win the East going away.
00:16
And even though these teams got better than a year ago in the
00:19
case of the Bridges trade for New York.
00:21
I think New York and Philly both got a little bit better, but
00:23
there's a gap there.
00:24
Well, but again, New York got better than last year based on
00:27
the Bridges trade, but I think they've gotten worse in the
00:29
last couple of days based on the Towns trade, my opinion.
00:32
But don't you think, okay, but don't you think just from last
00:35
year's team, and I know they were hurt at the end, but just
00:38
Bridges and Towns over Randall and DiVincenzo, like,
00:43
I think they're better, right?
00:43
Yeah.
00:44
Okay.
00:44
Okay.
00:44
So you at least give them that.
00:45
But I would rather have Bridges and Randall than Bridges and
00:47
Towns, I guess is what I'm saying.
00:48
But they won 50 games last year and they were the number two
00:50
seed in the East, right?
00:51
There's no real excuse for the Celtics.
00:53
It's all about them.
00:54
It's all about them.
00:55
Is Jalen Brown hungry?
00:56
Is Tatum?
00:56
I know everybody says they are.
00:57
Let's actually see if they are.
00:59
Do they take a step back?
01:00
Because defending title teams don't win the last five years
01:03
in the NBA.
01:04
Does the sale get in the way for the Celtics?
01:06
Does Porzingis factor into it in any way?
01:08
His health?
01:10
Those are the questions.
01:10
It's not about New York.
01:11
It's not about Philly or Cleveland or Indy or anybody else.
01:14
Milwaukee, the East is still wide open and it's still there
01:17
for the taking for the Celtics.
01:17
Yeah, I think this is the year that they break that streak
01:20
the NBA does with the back-to-back champions.
01:23
I think this is the best version of the Celtics.
01:25
Last year was the first year.
01:27
The Celtics have been knocking on the door for a while, but
01:29
last year was the first year with Holiday and Porzingis.
01:32
So I think they're the best team.
01:34
And if you also look at the previous five, I think they're
01:36
the best suited to win back-to-back, you know, Denver.
01:39
So I thought Denver was at least going to get back last year
01:42
and they didn't.
01:42
So that's sort of like a surprise.
01:44
But the other ones are, you know, Kawhi Leonard on the Raptors,
01:47
LeBron in the bubble, Durant with the Warriors.
01:50
Like there's sort of more obvious or Curry.
01:52
I mean with the Warriors where they really weren't a great
01:55
team anymore.
01:56
That was sort of their last gas.
01:57
Yeah, but no, this is their prime to win back-to-back.
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